Shade-roller and curtain-pole bracket



A. KOHLENBRAND.

SHADEROLLER AND CURTAIN POLE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25.1919.

Patented Mar. 9,1920.

v UNITED STATES ANTON Ko'HLENBnANnor iafixrOm-roWA.

sna -mum AND oUnrAIN-Pom BRACKET.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that vI, ANTON Ko m BRAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buxton, in the'county of Monroeand State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Shade-Roller and Ourtain-Pole Bracket, of which the following is a specification.

The object of theinvention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character which may be readily and quickly atpole.

tached to a .window frame for the joint support of both a shade roller and a curtain The device is so constructed thatit will not mar the window frame and provision is made'for adjustment to suitvarious widths of window frames. Likewise provision ismade for the adjustment of the shade roller supporting means so that these may be set to receive the specified width of' shade irrespective to the adjust ment that is necessary to adapting'the device on the frame to which it isto be applied.

The invention is illustrated and described in a specific embodiment to which, however, it is not to berestricted. The right is reservedto make such changes or alterations as the actual reduction to practice may suggest, in'so far as such changes or alterations are compatible in spirit with the annexed claims. I

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a top lan view of the-in'ven tion showing it app ied to a window frame which is shown in sectio'n. p I

Fig. 2. is a perspective view ofoneend portion of the lmproved device.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of that portion of the device supporting the shade roller bracket.

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of an intermediate portion of the device to show the accessible spring which maintains it in position'when once attached' V Fig. 5 .is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. V

Referring to the drawings, the improved support comprises a pair of tubular mem bers 1 and 2. The tubular member 1 has fixedly attached therein a rod 3 which protrudes from one end of the said tubular member and enters the adjacent end of the tubular member in which the latter tubular member 1 slidingly engages. sion spring 4 surrounds the rod 3 and has Specification of Letters Patent. 'Patente 'Application flled ilu l'y 25, 1919.; Serial no. 313,269.

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its opposite ends abutting the' facing ends of the tubular members land 2. The rod 3 is designed for longitudinal movementin the tubular member '2' but in order to limit the length of its movement 'ailongitudinal (1 Mai. 9,1920;

slot' 5 is provided-in'the said tubular meni ber andthrough this slotthere projects a pin 6 which is attached to the rod 3. Obviously the rod may move awdistance equal to the length of the'slot butit is precluded from further movement and the spring- 4 operates to hold the pin 6 adjacent one end of the slot, when the deviceyis, not attached to a windowframe; but when the device is so attached Y the spring operates to force the two portions against the opposite sides of the frame to maintain the device in position thereon. Each tubular memberfcarries a comblned retaining means and curtain pole support made from a single rod which is formed to provide a shank 7 which enters the tubular member at the end .oppositelthat which the rod 3 enters. This shank connects with the right angularly disposed pertion 8 which issurrounded by a sleeve" 9 'of'rubber or other non-abrasive material. f This right angularly disposedportion isdee signed to bear against the side'face of the window frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The right angularly disposed portions 8 of the two rods, therefore, bear against the facingside edges of the window frame-that -is, they cause their sleeve members 9 to effect such a bearing, the spring l-providing the pressure necessary to maintain the site from the said tubular members, The rod is again bent to provide the upstanding portion 11 and is still further bent to pro-.

. bearing contact firm. The rod forming the vide the curtain pole supporting portion 12 7 connecting with the portion 11.

The section 10 of the rod provides a supporting means for the shade roller bracket support and this latter support ismade ofa single plate bent backon itself 'to provide 7 the two spaced sections 13, the end section 14 and the two end sections 15. The end section 14 is provided with a hole through which the section 10 of the rod passes and the tW end Sections 15 overlap each other tion of the'length of the tubular members 1 and 2, but because of the'right angularly disposed portion 8, this section 10 is oppoand. they are recessed from their edges so that the two recesses provide an appropriate eye through which the section10 of the rod may pass. One of the sections 13 of the plate carries a rubber or nonabrasive latch 16 which, when the device is attached to 'a window frame, lies against the front face of the inside architrave there of; The other of the sections 13 is provided with a longitudinal slot 17. An appropr1- ate bolt 18 passes through this slot to secure the shade roller bracket 19 to the front section, the shaderoller bracket beingprovided with a teat or lug 20also entering the slot 17, this teat obviously serving to prevent pivotal movement of the shade roller bracket on the bolt. The slot 17 provides for the V adjustment of the shade roller bracket along its attendant support and the two may thus be positioned to accommodate anyv desired width of shade. On the end section 14 of each of the shade roller supports there is provided a spur like plate 21 the nose of which rests against the inner face of the window frame to preclude the weight of the curtain pole and the shade roller pulling those portions of the device down, such as might be the case were the bearing surfaces of the sleeves 9 relied upon solely to maintain that portion of the device standing against the inside face of the window frame in the same plane with thatportion of the 7 device set in between the two vertical stiles thereof. i

To provide for adjusting the device to v accommodate different widths of window frame, the shanks 7 of the curtain pole suportin rods are loosel en a ed in their b b respective tubular members 1 and 2 except is to. be had to render further description unnecessary.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and useful is:

1. A device of the kind described comprising a pair of tubular members, a rod carried by one of said tubular members and slidingly entering the other, a compression spring surrounding the rod and bearing against the opposed ends of the tubular members, curtain pole brackets formed of a single rod and bent to provide shanks entering the tubular members at the ends opposite from that which the first said rod enters, the shanks connecting with right angularly disposed portions bearing against the inner facing sides of a window frame, and meansffor adjusting the shanks relative to the tubular members so as to increase or diminish the length of thedevice as a whole to adapt it for attachment to different widths of window frames.

2. In a device of the kind described, a

pair of tubular members, a rod mounted in one tubular member and slidingly entering the other. a spring in surrounding relation to the rod and bearing against the opposed ends of the tubular members, with shanks entering the opposite ends of the tubular members,t he shanks connecting with right angularly disposed portions carrying non: abrasive means adaptedto engage the facedges of a window frame, and shade roller brackets adjustably supported on right angularly disposed portion, and plate like spurs carried adjacent said right angularly disposed portions for engagement with the facing side of the inner architraves of a window frame to prevent thedefiection of the right angularly disposed portion from a substantially horizontal plane.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature.

ANTON 'KOHLENBRAND. 

